Good morning everyone!
Skies are cloudy early on this Tuesday morning and temperatures range from 68 in Clifton down to 63 at High Point. Winds are calm or light southerly. The air quality is good with an index of 35.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR AUGUST 8TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 84 AVERAGE LOW: 66
RECORD HIGH: 97 – 2022 RECORD LOW: 50 – 1989
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 82 LOW: 66 PRECIPITATION: 1.16″
Yesterday we received .93″ of rain in the morning and .23″ in the nighttime thunderstorms. Although there was a severe thunderstorm watch in the evening the line of storms weakened before moving through our area.
Today will be mostly cloudy with a slight chance of a morning shower as a cold front moves through the area. The humidity will drop by late in the day and it also will be breezy with some gusts to 25 mph.
High pressure will briefly move into our area on Wednesday giving us a sunny and very warm day but it will not be too humid with dew points around 60.
A frontal system will give us a good chance of afternoon and nighttime showers and thunderstorms on Thursday.
At this point Friday into the day on Saturday looks dry with near normal tempertures.
Showers are again possible Saturday night into Sunday.
Monday looks to be mostly sunny and seasonably warm.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – AUG 8 – Mostly cloudy and becoming breezy and less humid by late in the day, highs in the low 80s.
TONIGHT – Decreasing clouds, low in the mid 60s.
WEDNESDAY – AUG 9 – Sunny, highs in the upper 80s.
THURSDAY – AUG 10 – Increasing cloudiness with a chance of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms, highs in the low 80s.
FRIDAY – AUG 11 – Sunny, highs in the mid 80s.
SATURDAY – AUG 12 – Mostly sunny, highs in the upper 80s, chance of showers at night.
SUNDAY – AUG 13 – Partly sunny with a chance of showers, highs in the upper 80s.
MONDAY – AUG 14 – Mostly sunny, highs in the upper 80s.
MARINE FORECAST: A small craft advisory is in effect from noon today through 8 p.m. this evening for westerly winds gusting to 25 knots, seas 3-5 feet.
OUTLOOK: Advisories possible on Wednesday; no advisories expected for Thursday and Friday.
Have a nice day but please stay safe!